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A wondrous, strange restaurant in the West Village that specializes in raw offal and Korean-style Japanese barbecue. It serves marvelous, exciting dishes that are best consumed with cold sake and an open mind. Start with a lobe of sea urchin set on a small tile of raw, red, marbled steak that is in turn placed on top of a single shiso leaf, the shape of the ace of clubs. Follow with sheets of thin rib-eye steak, as beautiful as stamps or silk handkerchiefs; fingers of meat taken from between the cow's ribs; meat from the short rib; skirt steak; smiles of cheek, all grilled on the restaurant's chic electric tabletop grills. — Sam Sifton

Price

$$. All Major Credit Cards

Atmosphere

Temple of beef.

Wine List

Short and middling, with a decent selection of affordable sakes and a Korean soju, as well as beer from Asia, the United States and Africa.

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